Right, here it is. Caring for duprasi – or doops – isn’t too difficult. Once you know the essentials, you will find that they make great pets. They are easy to handle, friendly, easy to feed and have no really specialist needs. If you have had Syrian hamsters or Mongolian gerbils before, you won’t find … Read more
After we put our order in for some new doops, we wanted to find out a bit more about them. Where do they come from originally? What do they like to do? Can they live in a naturalistic environment – and if so what would that look like? What foods do they eat and do … Read more
Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) are by far a more readily available and the more well-known of these two gerbil species – whereas the fat-tailed gerbils (Pachyuromys duprasi) are quite new to the fancy. You can buy both in decent exotic pet stores these days – but you are much more likely to see a Mongolian … Read more